Analysis of Treatment Results in Primary Germ Cell Tumours with Mediastinal Location: Own Experience

• Published in: Advances in respiratory medicine Vol. 82; no. 2; pp. 116 - 124
• Main Authors: Kowalski, Dariusz, Knetki-Wróblewska, Magdalena, Winiarczyk, Kinga, Jaśkiewicz, Piotr, Orłowski, Tadeusz, Langfort, Renata, Krzakowski, Maciej, Olszewski, Michał
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Poland MDPI AG 2014
• Subjects: Adult; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols - therapeutic use; Brain Neoplasms - secondary; Chemoradiotherapy, Adjuvant; Chemotherapy; Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Male; Mediastinal Neoplasms - drug therapy; Mediastinal Neoplasms - mortality; Mediastinal Neoplasms - pathology; Mediastinal Neoplasms - therapy; Medical prognosis; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal - drug therapy; Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal - mortality; Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal - pathology; Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal - secondary; Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal - therapy; Prognosis; Survival Rate; Thoracotomy; Treatment Outcome; Tumors; Young Adult

Introduction: Primary germ cell tumours with mediastinal location comprise 1–6% of mediastinal tumours and 2–5% of all germ cell tumours occurring in adults. They are identified mostly in the 3rd decade of life, in 90% of cases in men. The most common symptoms are dyspnea, chest pain, cough, fever a...